The Farewell Candle

Funny Farewell Gift — "The Great Escape" Candle for a Colleague Leaving

Some send-offs call for a tearful card. This one calls for a roast. "The Great Escape" is the funny farewell gift for the coworker who's escaping the office while you're left holding their workload — a proper soy candle with a cheeky, brutally honest message, not a plastic novelty from a two-dollar shop. Personalise it with their name and a leaving line of your own, hand-poured in Port Stephens NSW, pet-safe, and dispatched within 24–48 hours (2–5 business days from Black Friday to Christmas). The leaving present that gets the whole office laughing on their last day.

Who It's For

Made for the colleague, coworker, or work bestie with a sense of humour who's leaving for a new job, transferring teams, or finally quitting. It's the farewell gift for the person who'd rather be roasted than cried over. From one cheeky friend, the Medium ($39.99) does the job; from the whole team, the Large + lid ($52.99, free engraving) reads bigger and splits to a few dollars a head for a group send-off.

What to Put on a Funny Farewell Gift

Lean into the joke. Try their name + "Don't come back"; "Thanks for leaving us with your workload"; or your team's inside nickname for them. The personalisation field is via lid engraving, so write exactly the line that'll get the laugh.

Materials & Specs

• 100% natural soy wax, cotton wick — paraffin-free, vegan, pet-safe
• Medium 225g (40+ hr burn) — $39.99 | Large 285g (50+ hr burn) — $49.99
• Free lid engraving when you add a lid to the Large (285g) for $3; $10 on the Medium (225g), which already has a lid
• Hand-poured in Port Stephens NSW, dispatched within 24–48 hours (2–5 business days from Black Friday to Christmas)

Medium — 225g of 100% soy wax in an amber glass jar, over 40 hours burn time.
Large — 285g, over 50 hours burn time. Add a lid for $3 and the engraving is FREE (it’s $10 on a Medium, which already comes with a lid).

Burn for no more than 4 hours at a time and trim the wick before each burn.

Standard shipping $12.99 · Express $19.99 · free on orders of $120 or more. Orders are typically dispatched within 24–48 hours (2–5 business days from Black Friday to Christmas).

Every candle is made to order, so we can’t accept change-of-mind returns. If anything arrives damaged or faulty, email scentnationaustralia@gmail.com with photos and we’ll make it right. Refund policy

Always burn within sight, on a heat-safe surface away from drafts. Keep out of reach of children and pets. Burn for no more than 4 hours at a time and stop when 1cm of wax remains.

On the first burn, let the wax melt all the way to the edge of the jar (about 3–4 hours) so it doesn’t tunnel. Trim the wick to about 5mm before every burn for a cleaner flame.

Wax: 100% soy wax — no paraffin. Fragrance: candle-grade fragrance oils used within IFRA guidelines, with no essential oils. Wick: cotton-based and lead-free.

Why no essential oils? Candles are a high-heat application, and many essential oils have low flash points and are hard to formulate consistently in wax — so we use candle-grade fragrance oils made for burning.